Become a subscriber and read up to 20 recent articles for free. We will credit your account with 1$, which you can top up to your liking, either to read the latest news or to licence our pictures. As long as your account has a balance of 5 cents or more, we won't show you any ads. Interested to become a regular client instead? contact us.

Stories :: Accepted date: April 2020

Updated: 07 Jun, 12:3312:33

Majid Ajaru, an eye witness and relative to the deceased told Uganda Radio Network on Thursday morning that no sooner had the deceased dived in the lake than the crocodile emerged from the Lake and grabbed him.

Masaka diocese which had been chosen by the Uganda Episcopal Conference-UEC to organize the first-ever double celebration of the feast on May 29 for youths and June 3 for the rest of the pilgrims has officially communicated to the bishops’ conference about the development.

The caution comes amid a scramble by African countries to cushion their economies, support hard-hit sectors and provide social support to nationals, amid tough measures to contain the coronavirus disease-COVID-19, whose infection rate has gone beyond three million people countrywide.

Speaking at the daily security briefing at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, Frank Baine, the spokesperson of the Uganda Prisons Service said, despite the ban on all visits to prisons around the country as means to deter the spread of coronavirus among prisoners, Muslims observing the fasting month of Ramadhan need to be supported.

Abbas Sekanjako, the director modern market says they have asked vendors to pay for work IDs and nothing more, while Said Waiswa, the Chairman Freedom Market says vendors have to pay 30,000 shillings to get work IDs and aprons.

In his ruling, Justice Bashaija noted that the university never challenged the facts presented by Prof. Niwagaba, adding that indeed by the time the applicant ran to court; he had exhausted all internal remedies of the University and failed to get justice.

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says that the Emergency Committee meeting will mark three months since members agreed that the new coronavirus disease was an international global health emergency.

Wakiso district leaders say that whereas the involvement of village chairpersons in the exercise is important, they have little control over the army officers, who are directly taking lead in the exercise. The Resident District Commissioner Rose Kirabira says that it even the district task force which oversees COVID-19 activities in the area, was sidelined in the distribution.

Reverend Father Doctor Edward Ssekabanja, the Masaka Diocese Chancellor says despite the extent damage caused by the accident, the diocese cannot afford to lose the church given its great historical significance to Christianity.

Fred Wandera, a businessman in Buvuma notes that their business are hit hard whenever the ferry is out of service. He asks government to explore other alternatives as they wait to work on the docking pier.

"We have begun studies to determine why this is so but we suspect that it might have more to do with demographics of the country where in the case of Uganda majority are young people lease susceptible to the disease," Prof Wanyenze said.

Initially, the mattresses donated by Royikeims Uganda Limited were set aside to set-aside for the establishment of an isolation centre in the district. But following guidance from the District Health Officer Dr Elly Tumushabe, the district resolved that the mattresses be given to the general and maternity wards at the various health centres.

Mugisha notes that there is an increasing usage of motorcycles because of their flexibility and versatility. In the processing of rushing, motorcycle riders tend to ride fast and end up colliding with drivers or pedestrians.

Kate Campana, the Chief Executive Officer of the Access Challenge says that because Most national health systems lack sophisticated respiratory machines and intensive care units to care for severe cases of COVID-19, it is imperative that the continent moves ahead of the virus, and mobilize financial resources to ensure that essential medical equipment is available.